A millenial author contemplates creative writing, leaving the corporate world, and starting a family

What I’m Reading

First of all, for the love of little green apples, never do something like this. As an author, you will face rejection and it will sting like crazy. You will feel resentful. You will feel that you weren’t given a fair shot. Sometimes, you will be correct. Sometimes, however, almost anyone who reads your post on the subject will be able to tell you that the problem was actually the entitlement and contempt you showed to the people you were hoping to work with. You know how you avoid that? Continually striving to get better, and (and I can’t stress this enough), not writing that blog post.